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Tanish Taneja

Research Intern at Microsoft Research

Machine LearningProbabilistic ProgrammingAcademic ResearchPyMCOpen Source DevelopmentStatistical Modeling

About

I am Tanish Taneja, currently a Research Intern at Microsoft Research and an undergraduate at IIITH. My journey has been driven by a deep interest in machine learning and probabilistic programming, which led me to contribute to PyMC through Google Summer of Code 2024 and conduct research at the Machine Learning Lab at IIITH. I am passionate about bridging the gap between academic rigor and open-source development. I offer technical expertise in statistical modeling and machine learning research, and I am looking to connect with others in the high-level research community to explore mutual opportunities and expand my professional network.

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What I can offer

  • Technical contributions to open-source libraries
  • Rigorous machine learning research insights
  • Expertise in probabilistic programming and PyMC

Looking for

  • expanding my professional network
  • exploring mutual opportunities in their industry

Best fit for

Academic researchersIndustrial research communityOpen-source developers

Current Interests

Machine Learning ResearchOpen Source DevelopmentProbabilistic Graphical ModelsPython Statistical Ecosystem

Background

Career

Undergraduate Researcher at IIITH, followed by a Google Summer of Code 2024 contribution for PyMC, leading to a Research Internship at Microsoft Research.

Education

Undergraduate student at the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIITH).

Achievements

  • Selected for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2024 with PyMC
  • Secured a research internship at Microsoft Research
  • Appointed as an Undergraduate Researcher at the Machine Learning Lab (MLL) at IIITH